THE COMPANIES ACT, i 2004 (Act of 2004)

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1 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation. THE COMPANIES ACT, i 2004 (Act of 2004) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I Preliminary Incorporation of Companies and Matters Incidental Thereto 3. Mode of forming incorporated company. 4. Capacity and powers. 5. Powers reduced. 6. Validity of Acts. 7. Notice not presumed. Articles of Incorporation 8. Form of articles. 9. Regulations required in case of unlimited company or company limited by guarantee. 10. Alteration of articles by special resolution. Registration 11. Registration of articles. 12. Effect of registration. 13. Conclusiveness of certificate of incorporation. 14. Registration of unlimited company as limited. Provisions with respect to Names of Companies 15. Prohibition of registration of companies by undesirable names. 16. Power to dispense with limited in name of charitable and other companies. 17. Change of name. 18. Reservation of name. General Provisions with respect to Articles 19. Effect of articles. 20. Provision as to articles of companies limited by guarantee.

2 ii 21. Alterations of articles increasing liability to contribute to share capital not to bind existing members without consent. 22. Copies of articles to be given to members. Membership of Company 23. Definition of member. 24. Membership of holding company. Private Companies 25. Private companies. 26. Statement in lieu of prospectus to be delivered to Registrar by company ceasing to be private company. 27. Consequences of default in complying with conditions constituting company a private company. Mutual Fund Companies 27A. Mutual Fund Companies. Contracts, etc. 28. Form of contracts. 29. Pre-incorporation contracts. 30. Bills of exchange and promissory. 31. Execution of deeds abroad. 32. Company may have official seal for use abroad. Authentication of Documents 33. Authentication of documents. PART II SHARE CAPITAL AND DEBENTURES 34. Minimum share capital. 35. Authorized minimum. 36. Nature of shares. 37. Election to retain par value shares. 38. Consideration. 39. Stated capital accounts.

3 iii Prospectus 40. Dating and registration of prospectus. 41. Specific requirements as to particulars in prospectus. 42. Experts consent to issue of prospectus containing statement by him. 43. Restriction on alternation of terms mentioned in prospectus or statement in lieu of prospectus. 44. Civil liability for statements in prospectus. 45. Criminal liability for misstatements in prospectus. 46. Document containing offer of shares or debentures for sale to be deemed prospectus. 47. Interpretation of provisions relating to prospectuses. Allotment 48. Prohibition of allotment unless minimum subscription received. 49. Prohibition of allotment in certain cases unless statement in lieu of prospectus delivered to Registrar. 50. Effect of irregular allotment. 51. Applications for, and allotment of shares and debentures. 52. Return as to allotments. Commissions, etc. 53. Power to pay certain commissions, and prohibition of payment of all other commissions, etc. 54. Statement in balance sheet, as to commissions. Construction of References of Offering Shares or Debentures to the Public 55. Construction of references to offering shares or debentures to public. Issue of Redeemable Shares 56. Power to issue redeemable shares. 57. Financing etc. of redemption. 58. Power of company to purchase own shares. 59. Alternative acquisition of company s own shares. 60. Notice to shareholders of purchase by company of own shares.

4 iv 61. Pre-emptive rights. 62. Power to issue redeemable preference shares. Miscellaneous Provisions as to Share Capital 63. Power of company to arrange for different amounts being paid on shares. 64. Reserve liability of limited company. 65. Power of company limited by shares to alter its share capital. 66. Notice to Registrar of consolidation of share capital, conversion of shares into stock, etc. 67. Notice of increase of share capital. 68. Power of unlimited company to provide for reserve capital share on registration. 69. Power of company to pay interest out of capital in certain cases. 70. Redemption or cancellation of shares under Employees Share Ownership Plan Act. Reduction of Share Capital 71. Reduction of stated capital. 72. Effect of redemption, purchase, etc. Variation of Shareholders Rights 73. Rights of holders of special classes of shares. Transfer of Shares and Debentures, Evidence of Title, etc. 74. Nature and numbering of shares. 75. Transfer not to be registered except on production of instrument of transfer. 76. Registration of transfer on request of transferor. 77. Notice of refusal to register transfer. 78. Certification of transfers. 79. Duties of company with respect to issue of certificates. 80. Certificate evidence of title. 81. Evidence of grant of probate. 82. Issue and effect of share warrants to bearer. 83. Penalty for personation of shareholder.

5 v Special Provisions as to Debentures 84. Register of debenture holders. 85. Consequences of failure to comply with requirements as to register of debenture holders owing to agent s default. 86. Inspection of register of debenture holders. 87. Application to registers of debenture holders of certain provisions relating to registers of members. 88. Liability of trustees for debenture holders. 89. Perpetual debentures. 90. Power to re-issue redeemed debentures in certain cases. 91. Specific performance of contracts to subscribe for debentures. 92. Payments of certain debts out of assets subject to floating charge in priority to claims under the charge. PART III REGISTRATION OF CHARGES Registration of Charges with Registrar 93. Registration of charges. 94. Effect of registration. 95. Duty of company to register charges created by company. 96. Duty of company to register charges existing on property acquired. 97. Registrar to keep register charges. 98. Indorsement of certificate of registration on debenturees. 99. Entries of satisfaction and release of property from charge Rectification of register of charges Registration of enforcement of security. Provisions as to Company s Register of Charges and as to Copies of Instruments creating Charges 102. Copies of instruments creating charges to be kept by company Company s register of charges Right to inspect copies of instruments creating charges and company s register of charges.

6 vi Application of Part III to Companies incorporated outside the Island 105. Application of Part III to charges created, and charges on property subject to charges acquired, by company incorporated outside the Island. PART IV MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION Registered Office and Name 106. Registered office of company Publication of name by company Restriction on commencement of business. Register of Members 109. Register of members Index of members of company Provisions as to entries in register in relation to share warrants Inspection of register of members and index Consequences of failure to comply with requirements as to register owing to agent s default Power to close register Power of Court to rectify register Trusts not to be entered on register Register to be evidence. Branch Register 118. Power for company to keep branch register Regulation as to branch register Provisions as to branch registers of companies incorporated abroad kept in the Island. Annual Reports 121. Duty to deliver annual returns Annual return to be made by company having a share capital Annual return to be made by company not having share capital General provisions as to annual returns Certificates to be sent by private company with annual return.

7 vii Meetings and Proceedings 126. Annual general meeting Statutory meeting and statutory report Convening of extraordinary general meeting on requisition Length of notice for calling meetings General provisions as to meetings and votes Proxies Right to demand a poll Voting on a poll Representation of companies at meetings of other companies and of other creditors Circulation of members resolutions Circulation of members circulars General provisions affecting sections 135 and Provisions as to extraordinary and special resolutions Registration and copies of certain resolutions and agreements Resolutions passed at adjourned meetings Participation by electronic means Minutes of proceedings of meetings of company and of directors and managers Inspection of minute books. Accounts and Audit 144. Books and documents of account Profit and loss account and balance sheet General provisions as to contents and form of accounts Obligation to lay group accounts before holding company Form of group accounts Contents of group accounts Financial year of holding company and subsidiary Meaning of holding company and subsidiary.

8 viii 152. Requirements relating to balance sheets Right to receive copies of balance Sheets and auditors s report Appointment and remuneration of auditors Qualification for appointment as auditor Disqualification for appointment as auditor Auditor s report and right of access to books and to attend and be heard at general meetings Dividends Exception from the provision of Audited reports. Inspection 160. Investigation of company s affairs on application of members Investigation of company s affairs in other cases Power of inspectors to carry investigation into affairs of related companies Production of documents, and evidence on investigation Inspector s report Proceedings on inspector s report Expenses of investigation of company s affairs Inspector s report to be evidence Appointment and powers of inspectors to investigate ownership of company Power to require information as to persons interested in shares or debentures Power to impose restrictions on shares or debentures Saving for attorneys and bankers. Directors and other Officers 172. Number of directors and secretary Avoidance of acts done by persons in dual capacity as director and secretary Duty of care Restrictions on appointment or advertisement of director.

9 ix 176. Validity of acts of directors Share qualifications of directors Appointments of directors to be voted on individually Removal of directors Court disqualified directors Provisions as to undischarged bankrupts acting as directors Disqualification for persistent breaches of Act Register of directors Illicit loans by company Permitted loans Approval of company requisite for payment in connection with transfer of property to director for loss of office, etc Approval of company required for any payment re transfer of its property to director for loss of office, etc Duty of director to disclose payment for loss of office, etc. made in connection with transfer of shares in company Provisions supplementary to sections 186, 187 and Particulars in accounts of directors salaries, pensions, etc Particulars in accounts of loans to officers, etc General duty to make disclosure for purposes of sections 190 and Disclosure by directors of interest in contracts Particulars with respect to directors in trade catalogues, circulars, etc Director s service contracts to be open to inspection Duty of directors to disclose shareholdings in own company Register of interest notified under section Sanctions for non-compliance Application of section 196 to spouse and child Provisions as to assignment of office by directors Indemnifying directors, etc For derivative action.

10 x 203. Right to indemnity Insurance of directors, etc Court approval of indemnity. Arrangements and Reconstructions 206. Power to compromise with creditors and members Information as to compromises with creditors and members Provisions for facilitating reconstruction and amalgamation of companies Power to acquire shares of shareholders dissenting from scheme or contract approved by majority Scheme of arrangement company and connected person Power of Court to order pooling of assets Derivative actions Court powers. Complainants Remedies 213A. Remedy in case of Oppression Modes of Winding up. PART V WINDING UP (i) PRELIMINARY Modes of Winding Up Contributories 215. Liability as contributories of present and past members Definition of contributory Nature of liability of contributory Contributories in case of death of member Contributories in case of bankruptcy of member. (ii) WINDING UP BY THE COURT Cases in which Company may be wound up by Court 220. Circumstances in which companies may be wound up by Court Definition of inability to pay debts.

11 xi Petition for Winding Up and Effects thereof 222. Provisions as to applications for winding up Power of Court on hearing petition Power to stay or restrain proceedings against companies Avoidance of dispositions of property, etc. after commencement of winding up Avoidance of attachments, etc. Commencement of Winding Up 227. Commencement of winding up by the Court. Consequences of Winding Up Order 228. Copy of order to be forwarded to Registrar Actions stayed on winding up order Effect of winding up order. Trustee in Bankruptcy 231. Trustee in Bankruptcy to be Trustee for winding up purposes Statement of company s affairs to be submitted to Trustees Report by Trustees. Liquidators 234. Power of Court to appoint liquidators Appointment and powers of provisional liquidator Appointment, style, etc. of liquidators Provisions where person other than Trustee is appointed liquidator General provisions as to liquidators Custody of company s property Vesting of company s property in liquidator Powers of liquidator Exercise and control of liquidator s powers Books to be kept by liquidator Payments of liquidator into bank.

12 xii 245. Audit of liquidator s accounts Control of Registrar over liquidators Release of liquidator. Committees of Inspection 248. Meetings of creditors and contributories to determine whether committee of inspection shall be appointed Constitution and proceedings of committee of inspection Power of Minister where no committee of inspection. General Powers of Court in case of Winding Up by Court 251. Power to stay winding up Settlement of list of contributories and application of assets Delivery of property to liquidator Payment of debts due by contributory to company and extent to which set-off allowed Power of Court to make calls Payment into bank of moneys due to company Order on contributory conclusive evidence Appointment of special manager Power to exclude creditors not proving in time Adjustment of rights of contributories Inspection of books by creditors and contributories Power to order costs of winding up to be paid out of assets Power to summon persons suspected of having company property Power to order public examination of promoters, directors, etc Procedure at examination Power to arrest absconding contributory Powers of Court cumulative Delegation to liquidator of certain powers of Court Dissolution of company.

13 xiii Enforcement of, and appeal from, orders 270. Power to enforce orders Appeal from orders. (iii) Voluntary Winding up Resolution for, and Commencement of, Voluntary Winding Up 272. Circumstances in which company may be wound up voluntarily Notice of resolution to wind up voluntarily Commencement of voluntary winding up. Consequences of Voluntary Winding Up 275. Effect of voluntary winding up on business and status of company Avoidance of transfers, etc., after commencement of voluntary winding up. Declaration of Solvency 277. Statutory declaration of solvency in case of proposal to wind up voluntarily. Provisions applicable to a Members Voluntary Winding Up 278. Provisions applicable to members winding up Power of company to appoint and fix remuneration of liquidators Power to fill vacancy in office of liquidator Power of liquidator to accept shares, etc. as consideration for sale of company Duty of liquidator to call creditors meeting in case of insolvency Duty of liquidator to call general meeting at end of each year Final meeting and dissolution Alternative provisions as to annual and final meetings in case of insolvency. Provisions applicable to a Creditors Voluntary Winding Up 286. Provisions applicable to creditor s winding up Meeting of creditors Appointment of liquidator Appointment of committee of inspection.

14 xiv 290. Fixing of liquidators remuneration and cesser of directors powers Power to fill vacancy in office of liquidator Application of section 305 to creditors winding up Duty of liquidator to call meetings of company and of creditors at end of each year Final meeting and dissolution. Provisions applicable to every Voluntary Winding Up 295. Provision applicable to every voluntary winding up Distribution of company s property Powers and duties of liquidator in voluntary winding up Power of Court to appoint and remove liquidator in voluntary winding up Notice by liquidator of his appointment Arrangement when binding on creditors Power to apply to Court to have questions determined or powers exercised Costs of voluntary winding up Saving for rights of creditors and contributories. (iv) Winding Up Subject to Supervision of Court 304. Power to order winding up subject to supervision Effect of petition for winding up subject to supervision Application of sections 225 and 226 to winding up subject to supervision Power of Court to appoint or remove liquidators Effect of supervision order. (v) Provisions Applicable to every Mode of Winding Up Proof and Ranking of Claims 309. Debts of all descriptions to be proved Application of bankruptcy rules in winding up of insolvent companies Preferential payments.

15 xv Effect of Winding Up on Antecedent and other Transaction 312. Fraudulent preference Liabilities and rights of certain fraudulently preferred person Effect of floating charge Disclaimer of onerous property Restriction of rights of creditor as to execution or attachment Duties of bailiff as to goods taken in execution. Offences Antecedent to or in Course of Winding Up 318. Offences by officers of companies in liquidation Penalty for falsification of books Fraud by officers of companies which have gone into liquidation Liability where proper accounts not kept Responsibility for fraudulent trading of persons concerned Power of Court to assess damages against delinquent directors, etc Prosecution of delinquent officers and members of company. Supplementary Provisions as to Winding Up 325. Disqualification for appointment liquidator Enforcement of duty of liquidator to make returns, etc Notification that company is in liquidation Exemption of certain documents from stamp duty on winding up of companies Books of company to be evidence Disposal of books and papers of company Information as to pending liquidations Unclaimed assets Resolutions passed at adjourned meetings of creditors and contributories. Supplementary Powers of Court 334. Meetings to ascertain wishes of creditors or contributories Affidavits, etc.

16 xvi Provisions as to Dissolution 336. Power of Court to declare dissolution of company void Registrar may strike defunct company off register Property of dissolved company to be bona vacantia Power of Crown to disclaim title to property vesting under section 337. Rules and Fees 340. Rules and fees for winding up. PART VI RECEIVERS AND MANAGERS 341. Disqualification for appointment as receiver and for acting as receiver or manager Power to appoint Trustee as receiver for debenture holders or creditors Notification that receiver or manager appointed Power of Court to fix remuneration on application of liquidator Provisions as to information where receiver or manager appointed Special provisions as to statement submitted to receiver Delivery to Registrar of accounts of receivers and managers Enforcement of duty of receivers and managers to make returns, etc Liability of receiver for contracts, etc Construction of references to receivers and managers. PART VII REGISTRATION OFFICE AND FEES 351. Registrar of Companies and registration office Inspection, production and evidence of documents kept by Registrar Enforcement of duty of company to make returns to Registrar. PART VIII APPLICATION OF ACT TO EXISTING COMPANIES 354. Application of Act to existing companies. PART IX WINDING UP OF UNREGISTERED COMPANIES 355. Meaning and winding up of unregistered company Contributories in winding up of unregistered company Power of Court to stay or restrain proceedings Action stayed on winding up order.

17 xvii 359. Winding up company incorporated outside the Island Provisions of Part IX cumulative Winding up of limited partnership. PART X COMPANIES INCORPORATED OUTSIDE THE ISLAND CARRYING ON BUSINESS WITHIN THE ISLAND 362. Companies to which Part X applies Documents, etc. to be delivered to Registrar by companies carrying on business in the Island Power of companies incorporated outside Island to hold lands Return to be delivered to Registrar where documents, etc. altered Accounts of company carrying on business in Island Obligation to state name of company, whether limited and country where incorporated Service on company to which Part X applies Removing company s name from register Penalties Interpretation of Part X. PART XI RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OF SHARES AND OFFERS OF SHARES FOR SALE 372. Provisions with respect to prospectuses of foreign companies inviting subscriptions for shares or offering shares for sale Additional requirements as to prospectus Provisions as to expert s consent and allotment Penalty for contravention of sections 373, 374 and Civil liability for misstatements in prospectus Interpretation of provisions as to prospectus. PART XII MISCELLANEOUS Prohibition of Partnership with more than Twenty Members 378. Prohibition of partnerships with more than twenty members. Provisions relating to Banks 379. Prohibition of banking partnerships with more than ten members.

18 xviii Application of certain Provisions of this Act to Unregistered Companies 380. Application of certain provisions of this Act to unregistered companies Form of registers, etc. Miscellaneous Offences 382. Penalty for false statement Penalty for improper use of word Limited. Provisions as to Offences 384. Provision with respect to default fines and meaning of officer in default Prosecution of offences punishable by fine Production and inspection of books where offence suspected. Service of Documents and Legal Proceedings 387. Service of documents on company Costs in actions by certain limited companies Power of Court to grant relief in certain cases Saving for privileged communications. Savings, etc Savings Power to alter or add to certain requirements Power to make rules Fees Repeal Transitional. FIRST SCHEDULE Tables, A, B, C and D SECOND SCHEDULE Form of Statement in lieu of Prospectus to be delivered to Registrar by a Private Company on becoming a Public Company and Reports to be set out therein. THIRD SCHEDULE Matters to be specified in Prospectus and Reports to be set out therein.

19 xix FOURTH SCHEDULE Form of Statement in lieu of Prospectus to be delivered to Registrar by a Company which does not issue a Prospectus or which does not go to allotment on a Prospectus issued, and Reports to be set out therein. FIFTH SCHEDULE Contents (Required by Section 119 (3)) and form of Annual Return of a Company having a Share Capital. SIXTH SCHEDULE Provisions which do not apply in the case of a winding up subject to supervision of the Court. SEVENTH SCHEDULE Form and content of Company Accounts. EIGHTH SCHEDULE Matters to be expressly stated in Auditors Report. NINTH SCHEDULE Provisions referred to in Section 382. TENTH SCHEDULE Procedure in cases of applications for licences under Section 16. ELEVENTH SCHEDULE Provisions of this Act applied to the Unregistered companies. TWELFTH SCHEDULE Exceptions referred to at paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of Section 25. THIRTEENTH SCHEDULE Exceptions referred to at subsection (3) of Section 25. FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE Provisions supplementing and interpreting Section 196. FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE Table of Fees.

20 JAMAICA The Companies Act, 2004 [No. ] 1 No I assent, [L.S.] Governor-General AN ACT to Repeal and replace the Companies Act. [ ] BE IT ENACTED by The Queen s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Representatives of Jamaica, and with the authority of the same, as follows: PART I Preliminary 1. This Act may be cited as the Companies Act, 2004, and shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette. 2. (1) In this Act unless the context otherwise requires accounts includes a company s group accounts whether prepared in the form of accounts or not; Short title and commencement. Interpretation.

21 2 [No. ] The Companies Act, 2004 "affiliated" in relation to two or more companies means that (a) one of them is the subsidiary of the other; (b) each of them is a subsidiary of the same company; (c) each of them is controlled directly or indirectly by the same person; or (d) each of them by virtue of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) has a relationship with the same company at the same time; agent does not include a person s counsel acting as such; annual return means the return required to be made, in the case of a company having a share capital, under section 122, and, in the case of a company not having a share capital, under section 123; appointed day means the date of commencement of this Act; articles means the articles of incorporation of a company as originally framed or as altered by special resolution; "associate" in relation to any person means (a) a company or body corporate of which that person beneficially owns or controls, directly or indirectly, shares or debentures convertible into shares, that carry more than 20 percent of the voting rights (i) under all circumstances; (ii) by reason of the occurrence of an event that is continuing; or (iii) by reason of a currently exercisable option or right to purchase those shares or those convertible debentures; (b) a partner of that person acting on behalf of the partnership of which they are partners; (c) a trust or estate in which that person has a substantial beneficial interest or in respect of which he serves as a trustee or in a similar capacity;

22 The Companies Act, 2004 [No. ] 3 (d) a spouse of that person; (e) a child, step-child or adopted child of that person; (f) an immediate relative of that person or of his spouse; book and paper and book or paper include accounts, deeds, writings and documents; company means a company formed and registered under this Act or an existing company; the Court used in relation to a company means the Supreme Court; debenture includes debenture stock, bonds and any other securities of a company whether constituting a charge on the assets of the company or not; director includes any person occupying the position of director by whatever name called; document includes, in addition to a document in writing (a) any map, plan, graph or drawing; (b) any photograph; (c) any disc, tape, sound track or other device in which sounds or other data are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced therefrom; existing company means a company formed and registered before the commencement of this Act under the Law in force before that date; file accounts has the meaning assigned to that expression by subsection (4) of section 25; financial year means, in relation to any body corporate, the period in respect of which any profit and loss account of the body corporate laid before it in general meeting is made up, whether that period is a year or not;

23 4 [No. ] The Companies Act, 2004 issued generally means, in relation to a prospectus, issued to persons who are not existing members or debenture holders of the company; "immediate relative", as respects any person, means his spouse, or his children (including step-children) and their spouses, his parents, his brother or sister; officer in relation to a body corporate includes a director, manager or secretary; prescribed means, as respects the provisions of this Act relating to procedure, winding up, and the costs and fees in connection therewith, prescribed by rules of court, and as respects the other provisions of this Act, prescribed by the Minister; prospectus means any prospectus, notice, circular advertisement, or other invitation, offering to the public for subscription or purchase any shares or debentures of a company; Registrar or Registrar of Companies means the public officer referred to in section 351; rules means rules provided for in this Act, and includes rules of court and forms; shadow director in relation to a company, means a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the company are accustomed to act, so, however, that a person is not deemed a shadow director by reason only that the directors act on advice given by him in a professional capacity; share means a share in the share capital of a company, and includes stock except where a distinction between stock and shares is expressed or implied; share warrant has the meaning assigned to that expression by subsection (2) of section 82;

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